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what about taking some pressure off us? we have a massive debt burden, we really need some compensation here, as well. but it's worth taking a step back even from that and saying the germans and other surface running countries in europe always did have the opportunity to bail out the deficit countries, but almost the obligation. that's what happens if you create a united states of europe. just like alabama was bailed out by new york state or whatever it is. >> i think you were struggling to find a strong state there for a second. >> was a little bit. so the actual transfers aren't necessarily the problem. the problems are two fold. the first as you alluded to is the internal competitiveness of particularly the peripheral countries. when they joined the euro, they took advantage of the low borrowing costs to borrow and spend up a storm, public sector wages went up. and they become dramatically uncompetitive. and the easy way is to leave the euro. the painful way is to stay. so the other thing to bear in mind is the banks. ba
what about taking some pressure off us? we have a massive debt burden, we really need some compensation here, as well. but it's worth taking a step back even from that and saying the germans and other surface running countries in europe always did have the opportunity to bail out the deficit countries, but almost the obligation. that's what happens if you create a united states of europe. just like alabama was bailed out by new york state or whatever it is. >> i think you were struggling...
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does it really do us much good. pmi reading sub 50 with qe -- >> is the government going to be outvoted this week? his comments have seen to be pinned more towards more rather than lessor not doing anything. charlie bean came out and said i can't see the point of it. >> one thing this economy isn't suffering from is too much growth. so it's not -- the fls is the weapon of choice right now. >> it's a bit of a struggle to figure out what the message is here for the uk economy. you have the employment set of figures which has been stronger than the gdp figure until the gdp figures showed a rebound in the third quarter which now the composite pmi might be fleeting and it points towards weaker growth ahead. >> you have to strip out all of the noise. for my money, we've been growing at about a quarter percent quarter on quarter so not brilliant, but not a disaster either. i think they will start to cool off here the post owe him tick layoffs and they should cast down in reality, but i've said that the last four or five mo
does it really do us much good. pmi reading sub 50 with qe -- >> is the government going to be outvoted this week? his comments have seen to be pinned more towards more rather than lessor not doing anything. charlie bean came out and said i can't see the point of it. >> one thing this economy isn't suffering from is too much growth. so it's not -- the fls is the weapon of choice right now. >> it's a bit of a struggle to figure out what the message is here for the uk economy....
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jim dunagan joins us. that number that i gist quoted, how does that compare to last year's costs of buying all the items? >> for the true cost of christmas, we're up 4.8% this year and if you bought all of the items, 6.1%. >> what's been driving the rise? cost of food and feeding geese? >> culprits were the six geese and the seven swans a swimming were up the most, and that was due to the drought we had in the united states that pushed up feed prices and also energy. and gold rings were up 16% this year. >> is there anything in there that has actually got cheaper over the year? >> this is one year that in fact nothing has gone down this year. so we had six items which were flat, but the balance were all up. good news is that the maids a milking were flat as were the ladies dancing and lords of leaping all saw no increase this year. >> does that reflect the fact that wages haven't really done enough? flat wages? >> if we look at the overall wages in the index, they're bup 1.7%. drummers and pipers went up 5
jim dunagan joins us. that number that i gist quoted, how does that compare to last year's costs of buying all the items? >> for the true cost of christmas, we're up 4.8% this year and if you bought all of the items, 6.1%. >> what's been driving the rise? cost of food and feeding geese? >> culprits were the six geese and the seven swans a swimming were up the most, and that was due to the drought we had in the united states that pushed up feed prices and also energy. and gold...
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eunice is live for us. this is his big final speech, so reading in sort of between the lines almost is very telling. it's the legacy he's trying to cath. and what less gassy is that? >> many here believe what he is saying is significant in that it is his final farewell. he really was just reading through the work report to talks about the achievements, the economic and political achievements that the party has had. and also to outline the future challenges. one of the first challenges you had already addressed is the issue of corruption. he said the government needed to do more to root it out. >> eunice, we're having trouble with your sound. we'll get the bite rolled as soon as we can. when we hear from -- i'd like to go back to eunice if we can to stay on this issue. but there's been a lot of focus in the last couple of days as to whether china's next leaders will be reformists or conservatives and just what the influence is of some of the older party leaders. so should investors actually be bracing not fo
eunice is live for us. this is his big final speech, so reading in sort of between the lines almost is very telling. it's the legacy he's trying to cath. and what less gassy is that? >> many here believe what he is saying is significant in that it is his final farewell. he really was just reading through the work report to talks about the achievements, the economic and political achievements that the party has had. and also to outline the future challenges. one of the first challenges you...
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eunice is with us in beijing. eunice, as we look from where we are at the moment, do we have any feeling on how many members there will be in that standing committee? the implications of that and the likely makeup? >> so far, we know that it's going to be somewhere between seven and nine. that's the number that people have been throwing out there. there's been a lot of expectation that the number on the standing committee, which is currently at nine, will be trimmed down to seven, which could potentially mean that policy will be easier to push through. some of the other things that people are talking about here is just how incredible it is that this is now the end of an era for the current president as well as the premier, really stepping aside as party chiefs for the next generation of leaders. now, the delegates today had come together and they approved the work report, which is endorsed by the president. >> translator: the most important policies and arrangements and greatest achievements will surely play a cri
eunice is with us in beijing. eunice, as we look from where we are at the moment, do we have any feeling on how many members there will be in that standing committee? the implications of that and the likely makeup? >> so far, we know that it's going to be somewhere between seven and nine. that's the number that people have been throwing out there. there's been a lot of expectation that the number on the standing committee, which is currently at nine, will be trimmed down to seven, which...
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thank you for joining us. the central bank has been criticized by some for not cutting sooner and more aggressively. and the key policy rate still sits at 4.5% with growth coming down so rapidly, shouldn't the bank be moving more quickly. >> well, of course, i can talk about myself and my own views, and i think that we are trying still to continue saying normal monetary policy, and when i look around in europe, especially western europe, i don't see many similar cases. that does not necessarily mean that we are wrong. >> who are you more critical of, the bank of england with its qe policy, or the ecb, which has been r been resistant on moving more quickly? >> i would put more criticism on the bank of england or the fed. in any case, i would agree with what a german philosopher once wrote in 2009 that would resolve around policies that it is a kind of a robbery of the future by the present. we are trying to avoid that. to an extent, it is possible for a small open economy. >> all well and good academically, but
thank you for joining us. the central bank has been criticized by some for not cutting sooner and more aggressively. and the key policy rate still sits at 4.5% with growth coming down so rapidly, shouldn't the bank be moving more quickly. >> well, of course, i can talk about myself and my own views, and i think that we are trying still to continue saying normal monetary policy, and when i look around in europe, especially western europe, i don't see many similar cases. that does not...
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let us know. worldwide@cnbc.com, @cnbcwex. >>> stick around because coming up, mervyn king is out with the uk's financial stability report and rumors are swirling about new capital requirements for banks. >>> tim geithner will head to capitol hill today to meet with congressional leaders on, yes, the fiscal cliff. geithner's president lead negotiator in the budget talks. he'll meet first with harry reid at 10:00 a.m. and then with house republicans including speaker john boehner, eric cantor and paul ryan. geithner will lunch with mitch mcconnell and then house minority leader nancy pelosi. president obama is signaling he's flexible on on where tax rates should go for the wealthiest americans. a return to the clinton era tax rates would have households pay between 36% to 39%. the president met with a group of 14 ceos wednesday afternoon. they offered support for resolving the if i can crisis with a proposal for higher taxes for those who make more than a quarter million dollars a year. sdl bo >> b
let us know. worldwide@cnbc.com, @cnbcwex. >>> stick around because coming up, mervyn king is out with the uk's financial stability report and rumors are swirling about new capital requirements for banks. >>> tim geithner will head to capitol hill today to meet with congressional leaders on, yes, the fiscal cliff. geithner's president lead negotiator in the budget talks. he'll meet first with harry reid at 10:00 a.m. and then with house republicans including speaker john...